League Play-Off

Dragao
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Estrela Amadora's Eusébio Aguiar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Estrela Amadora from getting a goal against them. After 6 played minutes Estrela Amadora got a freekick which was hit by Filipe Barros. Ricardo Assunção in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Eusébio Aguiar, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 9 minutes into the match, Estrela Amadora's goal looked a bit too open when Torgny Larsson came free, but Eusébio Aguiar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Ricardo Assunção cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Eusébio Aguiar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre Moreira in the 18th minute of play forced fut deuses de alpendorada's goalkeeper Jacek Gonsiewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Estrela Amadora's Gustavo Melo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jacek Gonsiewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Estrela Amadora's defense didn't have a chance, in the 24th minute, when André Simões scored to the left of an out of position Eusébio Aguiar, making the score, 2-1. Eusébio Aguiar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torgny Larsson in the 29th minute of the match. With a little luck, Estrela Amadora's Eusébio Aguiar got control of the ball when Ricardo Assunção tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sebastião Delgado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Eusébio Aguiar made a huge save. When Filipe Barros came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Estrela Amadora fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Filipe Barros couldn't finish the play. In the 46th minute, Tomás Antunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ricardo Assunção made a kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Estrela Amadora's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Duarte Vale was slow to take the kick. During this time fut deuses de alpendorada's players had a chance to rest. The corner led fut deuses de alpendorada's Duarte Vale to fire away a dangerous shot which Eusébio Aguiar despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Torgny Larsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eusébio Aguiar. Estrela Amadora's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Torgny Larsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Eusébio Aguiar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torgny Larsson in the 65th minute of the match. Eusébio Aguiar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Assunção, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Estrela Amadora's Filipe Barros got a free kick in the 68th minute. The audience was convinced that Ricardo Assunção's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eusébio Aguiar was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. The supporters of fut deuses de alpendorada booed when Estrela Amadora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Moreira didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Assunção in the 77th minute of play forced Estrela Amadora's goalkeeper Eusébio Aguiar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Melo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-2 in the 78th playminute. After having played for 83 minutes, Ricardo Assunção managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. fut deuses de alpendorada's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Assunção was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eusébio Aguiar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Simões in the 86th minute of the match. Eusébio Aguiar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricardo Assunção in the 88th minute of play. After some careless play in the Estrela Amadora defense, Torgny Larsson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eusébio Aguiar. The Estrela Amadora fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eusébio Aguiar should have stopped the shot. fut deuses de alpendorada walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.